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A good one is every time the examiner says anything make an effort to check your rear view mirror so that he or she sees you do it. They'll be looking at you when they say something so they'll see you doing your best observing. Do this in addition to all your mirror, signal, manoeuvre stuff.
One thing I did on my test was staying in gear with my foot on the clutch when I was at a junction. There was a stream of traffic and I had nowhere to go. The adrenalin was surging and my left foot started to shake with the clutch depressed. My examiner said to come out of gear and relax my leg as she could see I was struggling. It worked and I passed. -
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Just a thought, have you considered - wake up, walkies with recall training using high value treats then breakfast on return from walkies. It was one of the suggestions we tried to improve recall with our dreadful sprollie, RIP. He was all for the hunt and could not give a fuck about treats when away from the house. However getting busy first thing then breakfast worked nicely and he was ready for food when we got home. Then having eaten straight to bed.
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One of our bomb detecting dog handlers used to have a job issue rope leash*, probably 12mm thick, which he would always carry when the dog was running free (free time, not detecting). If his dog was getting fixated on another dog or any wildlife** he would tell him to leave. If that didn't work and he was close enough he'd throw the leash at his dog or the other dog. It was enough to flick the switch off.
*He would have it tied up like a hangman's knot so it had some mass and didn't whip about.
** Once during the daily early morning search around the Olympic rowing lake at Dorney Alfie, his German Wirehaired Pointer, sprinted away and dived into the lake and caught and killed a bird. Too far away to throw the leash though. I heard from one source it was a grebe but I think a coot was more likely. I suspect we'll never know as both dog and handler are now living on that lovely farm in Wales. -
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They're actually okay and fried in butter taste perfectly lush. They were the same weight as the small punnet of mushrooms but the sliced ones were cheaper. Two baps, one for me, one for number 2 son.
NB. Two days on the trot I have cut the same finger with my newly sharpened knife. So I'll steer away from slicing for a couple of days.